Undergarment.



H. L. TITTERENCE.

UNDERGARMENT.

non FILED NOV 2 APPLIC .1914. 1,157,063. Patented 001. 19, 1915.

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To all whom-it may concern). I Be it kno'wnthat l, HAROLD, L. 'TITTER- ENGE, a citizen of the United States, resid- I form than is-customary.

following is a specification.

ing at Chester, in the oou'nty'of Delaware and'btate of Pennsylvania,'hai-'e invented a new and useful Undergarment, ofwhich the I garment'in either theunion'form min the.

'form'shown in Fig. is a flap 4 constitut the fly andexte'nding to one vside of the' median upright line inconvexly curved out-1 line. 'Bydescribing the flap as convex it is not intended that a strictconformity to This invention has reference nether portion ordinarily termed drawers.

The object of the presentoinvention is to provide a fiyportion of a more eifective In accordance with the present invention the fly portion of the garment is made'to extend throughout the greater portion of its length to one side of the median line so far that any liability 10f accidental opening or spreading is obviated. To accomplish"- this the fly is conveXly curved, while the matching portion is concavely curved, but the fly is of suiiicient lateral extent to overlap appropriately the matching portion of. the garment. Buttons or other fastening devices are provided for holding the fly closed.

The invention will be best understood'l froma consideration of thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the irvention, the latter a I is not confined to any strict conformity with 7 35 the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such,

changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the draw1ngs:F1 ure 1 15,311 elevation of an undergarment of the union type constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing the fly closed. Fig.

:2 is a similar view showin the fly and other joining portions of the garment open. Fig.

3 is an elevation of a nether garment or-- drawers with the invention applied.

Referring to the drawings there is shownin Figs. 1 and 2 a union garmentl comprising an upper portion 2 and a lower portion 8, while the general structure of the garment may follow customary lines. InFig.

5 t e e 3 sh n a nether undergarment 3 I tov under-f garments-either of the union typeor the Application fil'ed liove mber 21,193.41 seriai nbfismsra,

and. the showing of fthe drawing may be taken as indicative of any form of nether present invencurvature commonly known as convex shall the present invention. h

Thewmatching portion of the garment is concavelycurved, as indicated at 5, but the so that the latter overlaps the marginal portionof theconcavity 5, whichlatter is borderedby a series of buttons 6, whilethe flap is provided with corresponding buttonholes 7, whereby the flap may be fastened close upon the matching portion of the garment to close the opening otherwise ex;

posed by the fiap. The buttons and buttonholes are to be taken as indicative of any suitable fastening'devices, whereby the flap" or fly maybe held in theclosed position.

The arrangement is such that the usual purposes of s ecification of a; ratent. Patented Oct. i9,1215. c

"be meant for a flap generally of greater side extension about midway of its length than V at the ends as adaptable for the curvature is less extensive than the flap 4:,

opening, whereby the garment is readily put on or taken OE, is inost efiectively closed I when the garment is being worn, and this" closure is much more effective than is the case in garments of like character as ordinarily constructed, so that the weareris far better protected than is the case with ordinary garments of like character.

With the ordinary garments it is not uni common to provide a waist band button and other lower buttons, but these buttons do not prevent gaping of the garment, while with thearrangement ofthe present invention the same number of buttons effectively prevents any gaping of the fly portion of the garment, since strains liable to cause. gaping-are directed along different lines instead of being effective along a single; 7 straight medianline. Moreover, any tendency to gaping is so far to one side of the median line, 151 the line. of fasteningis so opening extending from the waist; linejto -i.

Ward the crotch With the extremities of the opening in the median line of the front of the garment and provided with a flap or fly extended. laterally from said median line to a greater distance midway, of its length than at the ends, and the matching portion of the ga men e g 0 .$P d 1g Y cessed. or cut, away, and said garment at the fly portion being provided with suitable fastening devices."

A und garment p ovid d h a y extending from the Waist portion towardthe crotch portion and convexly curved 1 L opigs qj this Qatentrnay be obtainedforfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner at Patents,

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